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Sunday, November 8, 2009

Box Office Performance for Science Fiction Movies in 1997

RankMovieGenreMPAA1997 GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
1 Men in Black Adventure PG-13 $250,107,128 54,489,570 $391,235,113
2 The Lost World: Jurassic Park Action PG-13 $229,074,524 49,907,304 $358,334,443
3 Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope Adventure PG $138,133,173 30,094,373 $216,077,598
4 Contact Drama PG $100,769,177 21,954,069 $157,630,215
5 Star Wars Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back Adventure PG $67,484,485 14,702,502 $105,563,964
6 The Fifth Element Action PG-13 $63,540,020 13,843,142 $99,393,760
7 Starship Troopers Action R $54,251,668 11,819,536 $84,864,268
8 Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi Adventure PG $48,063,790 10,471,414 $75,184,753
9 Alien: Resurrection Action R $46,092,778 10,042,000 $72,101,560
10 The Relic Horror R $33,927,476 7,391,607 $53,071,738
11 Event Horizon Horror R $26,668,092 5,810,042 $41,716,102
12 Mimic Horror R $25,454,187 5,545,575 $39,817,229
13 Rocket Man Comedy PG $15,448,043 3,365,587 $24,164,915
14 The Postman Action R $14,327,628 3,121,488 $22,412,284
15 Gattaca Drama PG-13 $12,275,272 2,674,351 $19,201,840
16 Mars Attacks! Comedy PG-13 $11,907,700 2,594,270 $18,626,859
17 Star Trek: First Contact Adventure PG-13 $6,846,411 1,491,593 $10,709,638
Total Gross of All Movies$1,144,371,552
Total Tickets Sold249,318,423
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices$1,790,106,277

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 1997. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 1997. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 1996 will most likely earn money in 1996 and 1997. Click on the individual movie to see its total gross over all the years in which it played.

Each box office year ends on the first Sunday of the following year. The next year starts the following day (Monday). For example, the "2004 box office year" ended on Sunday, January 2, 2005.

Inflation-adjusted figures are based ticket sale estimates, and may not be precise due to rounding errors.